Comments from Dr Paula Barrett’s Contemporaries

‘Dr Barrett has developed a quality program in FRIENDS. Not only have repeated treatment outcomes shown its effectiveness, it is also child friendly and has a wonderful layout. This might be one of the reasons why therapists love the program as much as children do.’
Dr Robert Ferdinand
Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Academisch Ziekenhuis Rotterdam

‘Dr. Barrett possesses international respect and acclaim for her work. Her 1996 paper on the treatment of anxiety disorders in children and adolescents is already highly cited and is in the foreground of empirically supported or evidence-based practices.’
Dr. Thomas H Ollendick
University Distinguished Professor and Director, Child Study Center, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA

‘Dr Barrett is considered to be in the first rank of international scholars working in the area of childhood anxiety disorders. Besides treatment-oriented research, she has also contributed to the field theoretically looking at the processes by which these treatments work their magic.’
Dr John S. March
Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, Duke Child and Family Study Center, USA

‘Dr Barrett‘s work in the childhood anxiety can only be described as ground-breaking. It is creative, scientific, and has documented patterns of family interaction that were here-to-fore unrecognised allowing the development of more comprehensive treatment programs worldwide. It is no exaggeration to say that her contribution to the field is enormous.’
Dr Deborah Beidel
Professor of Psychology, Maryland Center for Anxiety Disorders, University of Maryland, USA

‘Dr Barrett is a prolific publisher in the field of clinical child psychology. Her research on intervention programs for anxious children and their parents has filled an important scientific gap in the literature and is highly regarded by international scholars.’
Dr Neville King
Associate Professor, Monash University, Australia

‘Dr Barrett is one of our foremost experts on the involvement of family members in the treatment of childhood anxiety.’
Dr Samuel M. Turner
Professor and Director of Clinical Training, Maryland Center for Anxiety Disorders, University of Maryland, USA

‘Dr Barrett’s research group has published more controlled trials for childhood anxiety than any other group in the world. Collectively, this body of literature has had a significant global impact not only for the treatment of childhood anxiety, but in research and public policy arenas as well.’
Dr John Piacentini
Associate Professor-in-Residence and Director, UCLA Child OCD, Anxiety and Tourette Disorders Program, USA

‘Dr Barrett is in my view the most innovative and influential young investigator currently working in the area of childhood anxiety disorders. Her research serves as a valuable model of clinical intervention studies in terms of how to do empirically sound, yet also clinically sensitive, work.’
Dr Wendy Silverman
Professor of Psychology, Florida International University, USA